Monday, May 11th, 2009
London, May 11 (ANI): A study suggests that healthy people who are on the verge of becoming overweight may be at an increased risk of developing bowel cancer.
It has found that such people are about 15 per cent more likely to develop bowel cancer than those at the lower ...
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, May 9 (ANI): Malaysia's Information, Communications and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim has announced probe into allegations that an island in Johor was used for a European reality show's "nude run".
"We also have to see that a production does not offend the cultural sensitivities of the various ethnic ...
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Washington, May 9 (ANI): A new model for dark energy has suggested that the Universe froze about 11.5 billion years ago, when it was a quarter of the size it is today.
The model was developed by Research Associate Sourish Dutta and Professor of Physics Robert Scherrer at Vanderbilt University, working ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): A new study may allay fears that Facebook use is related to lower college academic grades.
Last month, an unpublished study suggested that using the popular social networking site could lead to diminished grades.
However, those findings did not replicate in the new research.
"We found no evidence ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): People tend to judge their confidence while making choices several times a day, and now researchers have uncovered the biological mechanisms behind the belief that a choice is likely to be correct.
Many studies have shown that choice certainty is closely associated with reaction time, and with ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Islamabad, May 7 (ANI): Pakistan on Thursday sought additional information on the Mumbai attacks from the Government of India "as soon as possible" so that it could put up a "credible prosecution" of all persons arrested by it for their alleged involvement in the terrorist strikes.
Pakistan would not be able ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 7 (ANI): People suffering from mild to moderate form of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may benefit from certain tongue and pharyngeal exercises, according to a study.
"It was commonly thought among doctors that strengthening and toning oropharyngeal muscles would have no benefit to the patient during sleep, but a ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 7 (ANI): A study suggests that the use of drug-eluting stents on heart attack patients undergoing angioplasty is more effective and as safe as that of bare-metal stents.
Lead researcher Dr. Gregg W. Stone, a professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, has revealed that in ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 6 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found that sharks, barracuda and other large predatory fishes disappear on Caribbean coral reefs as human populations rise, endangering the region's marine food web and ultimately its reefs and fisheries.
The study was done by researcher Chris Stallings of The Florida ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 6 (ANI): A dead ant is usually identified by its nestmates and removed from the colony, thus limiting the risk of colony infection by pathogens from the corpse. But how the news of a resident's death is communicated among the nestmates has not been clearly known to date.
For ...
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